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Assembly to roll film tax credits into next year's budget
PROVIDENCE -- And cut? That's what a state budget amendment by Rep. Nicholas Gorham, R-Coventry this evening proposed to do to Rhode Island's film tax credit: cut it altogether and, he said, free up some $15 million for aid to...
June 18, 2008 7:00 pm
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Rep. Gorham says it's Carcieri's budget
PROVIDENCE -- In the who-gets-the-credit award category for state budgets that close a state deficit, state Rep. Nicholas Gorham wasn't waiting for the budget to pass. "You must be dreaming," Gorham, a Republican from Coventry, said this evening on the...
June 18, 2008 5:47 pm
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Debate erupts on House floor over 'illegal aliens' and RIte Care
PROVIDENCE -- There was plenty of shouting over the state budget this afternoon, but there's no way it's all over. The House debate on the plan to close a $425-million state deficit turned fiery over illegal immigration. The raging national...
June 18, 2008 5:08 pm
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Protesters beat legislators to the State House
PROVIDENCE -- There are protesters with signs, protesters wearing stickers, protesters just protesting. But missing so far from today’s scheduled budget vote are members of the House. The process was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. in the House Chamber,...
June 18, 2008 2:52 pm
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Doctors press for change in HIV testing rules
Rhode Island doctors are among the dozens of groups who have flooded the hallways of the State House this week pleading for last-minute action on a mountain of bills. Medical professionals “are screaming for passage” of legislation that would waive...
June 18, 2008 1:42 pm
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Grammar police, take notice
It’s typo season on Smith Hill. With bills and budget amendments changing on the fly, grammatical mistakes are everywhere. Your high school English teacher would cringe. Some of the errors are innocuous, while others have serious implications for the substance...
June 18, 2008 1:36 pm
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Budget vote to come to House floor -- and it could be messy
PROVIDENCE -- The state House of Representatives will convene today at 2 p.m. to approve a state budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget -- which consists of at least 39 separate "articles" -- is aimed...
June 18, 2008 12:04 pm
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